C Derick Varn and Ezri xB present a new Emancipation Network podcastexploring the borderlands of lowercase-m ‘marxism’.... more
FAQs about Mortal Science:How many episodes does Mortal Science have?The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.
January 26, 2023Separation VI: A Tragedy Inflicted upon the ClassTwo class-bound universal social logics at war.“The Infrastructure of the Modern World”from “A History of Separation”, Endnotes 4 (2015)...more46minPlay
January 05, 2023Separation V: Cartel StructuresThe structure of the problem is unfolding.Note: this was recorded before the post-COVID labor market, the new wave of labor organizing, and the resurgence of strikes. We like strikes.“The Infrastructure of the Modern World”from “A History of Separation”, Endnotes 4 (2015)...more55minPlay
December 15, 2022Separation IV: Cheer Up, It Wasn’t That GreatDerick & Ezri find the worm in the core....more50minPlay
April 11, 2022Laws of History IIDerick & Ezri become unsettled with the implications of Turchin’s social stability positivism. produced & edited by Pat http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network...more1h 11minPlay
March 14, 2022Laws of History IEzri & Derick compare Peter Turchin’s attempt to formalize modes of production in Ages of Discord to marxist attempts to periodize history. produced & edited by Pat http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network...more1h 1minPlay
November 09, 2021Skeptics I: A Differently Stupid TimeDerick & Ezri reflect on how developments in the memory-holed Skeptic and New Atheist movements shaped us and the political landscape through pieces by Massimo Pigliucci ("Vindicating science by bringing it down": https://platofootnote.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/vindicating-science-by-bringing-it-down-part-i/).produced & edited by Paulhttp://emancipation.network...more1h 16minPlay
July 31, 2021Separation III: Negging the Collective WorkerEzri & Derick finally make it past the Preface of “A History of Separation” and zero in on an incongruous premise produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network...more1h 1minPlay
July 17, 2021Separation II: A Relapse into Strategic ThinkingDerick & Ezri continue critiquing the methodology of “A History of Separation” and start realizing how long this is going to take produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network...more1hPlay
July 07, 2021Mortal Science Returns w/ PaulPaul Channelstrip (The Antifada, Reel Abstractions) is taking over as editor and producer of Mortal Science, which means new episodes will start coming out again. Patrons get to hear them early with the new Null Set feed. http://patreon.com/mortalscience/ http://emancipation.network/...more2minPlay
July 03, 2021Separation I: Nihilcom Goes to Grad SchoolEzri & Derick bite off more critical theory than they can chew as a brief overview of “A History of Separation” from Endnotes 4 turns into something much more unwieldy produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network...more54minPlay
FAQs about Mortal Science:How many episodes does Mortal Science have?The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.